[belorn]

Thats what happen when politics start to dictate priorities for the police.

A large group of the police force and prosecutor have been dedicated to hunt down file sharing. An other group is dedicated to maintain the national firewall. Others deal with hunting down all those 16 years old kids who "hacks" websites with DDOS.

This failure of the police and the justice system has very little to do with the police, and all to do with the current politics. Going for 5% to 10% solved cases in violent crimes and robberies would simply not be as political attractive as getting that 16 year old sentenced.

[bowlofpetunias]

In a functioning democracy, politics (i.e., the will of the people) should dictate the priorities for the police.

The corruption of said politics however is a different matter.

[Daniel_Newby]

In a functioning democracy, a parliament of whores A/B tests slogans and suits until they find a winning combination, then do whatever they want.

[ptr]

It's also what happens when bureaucracy takes over, putting the officers in the office most of the day.

[madaxe]

Politicians have always run the police - a police force is the government's visible threat of violence and method of control over the population. They're not there to protect you. They're there to protect the establishment.

[aet]

Next time you call the police. Please recite that little speech to the responding officer.

[madaxe]

"Responding officer"?

You mean, the phone drone whose job it is to go "sir, burglary is a civil matter, you will need to pursue it yourself"? Already have.

[patmcc]

If you live somewhere where the police literally tell you "burglary is a civil matter", you need to either start a revolution or move to a civilized country.